Educational science is the general name of all disciplines that study the laws of education, and it is an independent scientific system. Pedagogy, as the basic discipline of educational science, gradually diverges from other disciplines such as philosophy and becomes an independent discipline.

General pedagogy is an educational discipline, and educational science is the general name of all disciplines that study the laws of education. As an independent scientific system, it has experienced a long development process.

For example, China's ancient thinkers and educators Confucius, Mozi, Mencius and Xunzi, ancient Greek philosophers Democritus, Socrates and Aristotle, and ancient Roman educator quintilian all had many expositions on education. At the end of the Warring States Period in China, Xue Ji, the tenth educational monograph of China and the World, appeared.

But in general, they are still bred in philosophy or political ethics, scattered in related philosophical or political ethics works, and have the nature of empirical description.